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February 2013 Moms
eriannc22
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Natural birth plan ended in C section (PIP)
eriannc22
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So I posted Monday morning when my water broke, and Evan James was born about 24 hours later! It has been a whirlwind, but I wanted to share my story!!
Monday at around 4 in the morning I was just getting into bed after attempting to sleep in the nursery after one of those insomnia nights, and I felt a trickle. I went to the bathroom to check it out and the trickle turned into a full on flow. DH was awake and just getting out of the shower for an early work day. He looked at me like a crazy person, he thought I was peeing on the floor! It was hilarious. So I called labor and delivery and at my hospital they want you to come in pretty much right away when your water breaks. So we finished packing, showered and ate and got to the hospital at 7 am. I was having small mild contractions at that point. Well by the time they admitted me, checked me out, and got us a room my contractions had slowed down. We spent several boring hours waiting for them to pick up. Finally at 2 pm, they said I shouldn't wait any longer and needed to take something to augment my labor. They gave me a pill called Misoprostol (Cytotec, which I had heard scary things about) rather than starting Pitocin right away. I was bummed because this was already a deviation from the plan, but my body wasn't cooperating. For a while, it didn't seem like it was working and I was set to get another dose at 6:30 pm. But at 5:30 pm it was like someone flipped a switch because suddenly I was having really painful contractions, really fast. I got in the shower and tried to breathe through them and I thought I got a good rhythm and visualization going, but when I got out, it got really really bad. There were coming one after another and lasting over a minute long. About 30 minutes later, they came in to check my dilation and I was only 4 cm. I had lost the ability to breathe and concentrate through them and wasn't even halfway there, so I asked for the epidural ASAP. It took an additional 45 minutes to get it. Hardest 45 minutes ever. I had an anxiety attack because I felt like the augmentation pill was making my contractions way way worse than they should be. I didn't feel that my body "naturally progressing." But once the epi was in place, I no longer felt the pain and was able to doze. After that, I dilated quickly to 10 cm, by 10 pm I was there but didn't feel that "pushing urge." So we waited until almost midnight to see if it would kick in. It didn't, but we decided to start anyway. I was feeling optimistic that I would at least get this part right. But after 2 and a half hours of pushing, he was still pretty far up there. They considered assisting with a vacuum, but they could tell he was big and were worried his shoulders would get stuck anyway. So they told me I could keep trying but there was no guarantee he'd come down and that I would pretty much be better off getting the C-section. I felt like I wasn't going to get anywhere pushing for another couple hours, so I decided to do the C section. That was really hard to accept. After coming so far, and wanting so badly to go natural, and then having it all slowly unravel, I was so devastated. I cried for about 30 minutes while they prepped everything. And then I had been through so much that laying on the operating table gave me another anxiety attack.
It was a long 24 hours and pretty much nothing went according to my birth plan, but I was plenty awake
enough to see Evan when they brought him around the curtain right after
he was born. In spite of everything, there just aren't any words to
describe that moment. It was so overwhelming and magical. It makes me
cry every time I think about it. He is wonderful and perfect and DH and I love him so so so much.
The recovery and post partum process hasn't been too bad. The hardest part has been that Evan isn't really latching to breastfeed. And he is so big that we had to start supplementing with formula because his weight dropped. My supply is getting better almost by the hour though. It is our first full day home today and we haven't had to deal with visitors and it has been SO much more relaxing and easier than the rest of the week. We even got decent sleep last night.
Anyway best wishes to all those with inside babies and positive vibes to all the new mommies working on getting to a "new normal" with their babies.
Evan James was born at 3:46 am, weighing 9 lbs 8 oz and measuring 22.5 inches long.
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Re: Natural birth plan ended in C section (PIP)
First round of Clomid in May 2012= BFP #1, DD born January 2013
BFP #2 in January 2014, DS born September 2014
I'm another natural birth gone a bit awry stalled at 8cm and needed pitocin, at which point I opted for an epidural. I feel like my situation is the sort where those interventions are appropriate. It sounds like yours is another. Good luck with the latching, and glad to hear your supply is increasing!
Congrats again!!
BFP1: DD1 born April 2011 at 34w1d via unplanned c/s due to HELLP, DVT 1 week PP
BFP3: DD2 born Feb 2013 at 38w4d via unplanned RCS due to uterine dehiscence
LOL.
he is adorable, thanks for sharing your story, I will check out this Cytotec thing
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